Some days they would talk all morning about exactly how warm Heaven might be. It could not be warm enough so… — Jane Smiley
Some days they would talk all morning about exactly how warm Heaven might be. It could not be warm enough so that souls went naked, or could it? If souls went naked, then why all the weaving, and if there was no weaving then how did souls occupy themselves?
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